#AEA88C#AEA88C

#AEA88C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.040 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA88C
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 140)
HSL	hsl(49, 17%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 20%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 19.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -2.58, 15.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 15.48, 99.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.005 0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.04 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1916, 38.8979, 30.4074)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA88C #8C92AE

analogous

#AE978C #AEA88C #A3AE8C

triadic

#AEA88C #8CAEA8 #A88CAE

tetradic

#AEA88C #8CAE97 #8C92AE #AE8CA3

square

#AEA88C #8CAE97 #8C92AE #AE8CA3

split-complementary

#AEA88C #8CA3AE #978CAE

monochromatic

#706B4F #948D68 #AEA88C #C7C3B0 #E1DED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AEA88C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#AEA88C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA88C

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA88C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA88C	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA68A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A98D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea88c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.040 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c1ad',
    500: '#aea88c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea88c;
$custom-light: #c6c1ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea88c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 17.347,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72908,
    "c": 0.03951,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA88C

secondary

#C5C7D1

accent

#589C4A

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#131210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA88C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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